The "Japan Game Awards" is a prestigious award that has been watching over the Japanese game industry for more than 20 years since its first edition in 1996.
The public voting for the "Japan Game Awards 2022 Annual Competition," which will select the best title from all titles released in Japan between April 1, 2021 (Thursday) and March 31, 2022 (Thursday), will be held until July 22, 2022 (Friday).
In the "U18 Division" of the Japan Game Awards 2022, the 13 teams that have passed the screening process of having their works introduced by professional creators and will participate in the preliminary competition have been announced!
In the preliminary competition, 13 games will be screened for play and presentation, and the finalists will be selected at the Tokyo Game Show 2022 in September!
Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Category
The "Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Division" is a game creation contest exclusively for those 18 years old and younger, with the aim of discovering game creators who will lead the next generation.
Entries will be judged by professional game creators based on criteria such as originality, novelty, technical perfection, and ingenuity in implementation, not to mention fun as a game or entertainment.
All entries that pass the preliminary judging will be re-evaluated based on the preliminary playthroughs and presentations on July 10, 2022 (Sunday), to determine the finalists who will advance to the finals!
The final competition will be held during the "Tokyo Game Show 2022" scheduled to be held in September 2022!
Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Division Preliminary Round Contestants
| Title | Creator's name or team name | School name | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Runner | Hiroyuki Akiyama | Kaisei High School | Freshman |
| VillA | RIHA (2 students) | Taisei High School | 2nd year |
| ECO Regenerative Energy Battle | Taisho Ando | Nerima Ward Izumishin Elementary School | 4th grade |
| GIMMICKS | Mitsuru Murata | Aiko High School | 3rd year |
| ＜CHRONO CODER | Yusuke Nakata | Tokyo Metropolitan Komatsugawa High School | 2nd year |
| Soliquid | Koh Yamamoto | Kyoto Sangyo University High School | 1st year |
| Large Warehouse Company | Ken Kitamura | Doshisha High School | 3rd year |
| TELEPOTRAL | Taro Furuichi | Aichi Prefectural Aichi Technical High School | 3rd year |
| Numerous | Youji Shimohira | Tokyo Metropolitan Komae High School | 1st year |
| Hunt Ghost | Sota Kaneko | Kanto Gakuin Rikuura High School | Sophomore |
| Night Parade of One Hundred Demons | Atsushi Tsuda | Tokyo Institute of Technology Senior High School | Sophomore |
| Magnetia | Delicious Gohan (3 students) | Kobe Municipal High School of Science and Technology | 3rd year |
| RESHOOTING | ItiGames(2 students) | Seiun High School | 3rd year |
Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Preliminary Round
The Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Preliminary Round will be broadcast live from 12:30 p.m. on July 10, 2022 (Sunday)!
Presentations will be given by the creators of the games, and the finalists who will advance to the finals will be chosen!
The video introducing the 13 games that made it to the preliminary round of the "Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Division" can be viewed on the official website of the "Japan Game Awards 2022 U18 Division".
Witness the birth of the creators of the future!